Joya
Girl · JOY-a · Spanish
Joya is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “jewel”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Joya mean?
Spanish: Spanish word joya
“jewel”
Spanish joya means 'jewel'; English speakers also use it as an elaboration of Joy.
- Say it
- JOY-a
Is Joya a girl's or a boy's name?
Joya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Joya, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Joya than any year since 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Joya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Joya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Joya, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
2025 had more girls named Joya than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Joya in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,174 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,914 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,928 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
Names like Joya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia Maya Lara Jessica Autumn Fatima Thea Jasmine Ava Darcie Sophia Robyn
Names related to Joya
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar